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  2. Arpeggio - Wikipedia

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    An arpeggio for the chord of C major going up two octaves would be the notes (C, E, G, C, E, G, C). In musical notation, a very rapid arpeggiated chord may be written with a wavy vertical line in front of the chord. Typically these are read as to be played from the lowest to highest note, though composers may specify a high to low sequence by ...

  3. Alberti bass - Wikipedia

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    Alberti bass is a kind of broken chord or arpeggiated accompaniment, where the notes of the chord are presented in the order lowest, highest, middle, highest. This pattern is then repeated several times throughout the music. [5] The broken chord pattern helps to create a smooth, sustained, flowing sound on the piano.

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Two-note chords are called dyads, three-note chords built by using the interval of a third are called triads. Arpeggiated chord A chord with notes played in rapid succession, usually ascending, each note being sustained as the others are played. It is also called a broken chord, a rolled chord, or an arpeggio.

  5. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Broken down, crushed; the sounding of the notes of a chord not quite simultaneously, but from bottom to top acciaccatura Crushing (i.e. a very fast grace note that is "crushed" against the note that follows and takes up no value in the measure) accidental A note that is not part of the scale indicated by the key signature. accompagnato

  7. Style brisé - Wikipedia

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    Style brisé (French: "broken style") is a general term for irregular arpeggiated texture in instrumental music of the Baroque period. It is commonly used in discussion of music for lute, keyboard instruments, or the viol. The original French term, in use around 1700, is style luthé ("lute style").

  8. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. [42]: pp. 67, 359 [43]: p. 63 These need not actually be played together: arpeggios and broken chords may, for many practical and theoretical purposes

  9. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    A chord can also be played one note at a time (see "arpeggio" and "broken chord"). chorus. 1. A choir or a group of singers. 2. A section of a song typically repeated a number of times alternating with verses, bridges, solos etc.